Year 7
Plurales y colores — Lesson 2 slideshow.
The full Lesson 2 PowerPoint as a clickable slideshow — how to make nouns plural, me hace falta / me hacen falta, and how to use colours that agree with their noun. Use the arrows or thumbnails to move through, and tap any slide to zoom in. Nothing to download and no PowerPoint needed.
Sentence builder ① — singular → plural
How most singular nouns become plural — and the irregular ones to watch.
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| un bolígrafoa pen | → dos bolígrafostwo pens |
| una gomaa rubber | → dos gomastwo rubbers |
| un lápiza pencil | → dos lápicestwo pencils (c → ces) |
| un subrayadora highlighter | → dos subrayadorestwo highlighters |
| un compása pair of compasses | → dos compasestwo compasses (-s → -es) |
| un sacapuntasa sharpener | → dos sacapuntastwo sharpeners (no change) |
Sentence builder ② — quantity & colour
Mind the colour agreement — colours change to match the noun (rojo/a/os/as).
| Start | Verb | Quantity | Item | Colour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| En mi mochilaIn my bag | tengoI have | un · unaa (m/f) | bolígrafo(s)pen/s | rojo/a/os/asred |
| En mi estucheIn my case | no tengoI don’t have | dos / trestwo / three | lápiz / lápicespencil/s | azul · azulesblue |
| haythere is/are | unos / unassome | goma(s)rubber/s | verde(s)green | |
| me hace(n) faltaI need | muchos / muchasmany | regla(s)ruler/s | negro/a/os/asblack | |
| cuaderno(s)exercise book/s | amarillo/a/os/asyellow |
e.g.En mi estuche tengo dos bolígrafos rojos y una regla azul.
Tip: tap the slide to zoom · keyboard ← → to navigate · Esc to close zoom.
Now try the interactive worksheet.
Practise what you've just seen: complete the gap-fills, translate sentences both ways and check your answers instantly.